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architect

Syllabification: (ar·chi·tect)

Definition of architect

a person who designs buildings and in many cases also supervises their construction.
a person who is responsible for inventing or realizing a particular idea or project:a chief architect of the plan to slash income taxes

[with object] (usually be architected) Computing

design and make:few software packages were architected with Ethernet access in mind

Origin:

mid 16th century: from French architecte, from Italian architetto, via Latin from Greek arkhitektōn, from arkhi- 'chief' + tektōn 'builder'

Spell architect and the related word architecture with an i after the h.

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